THE STREAMLINE TAVERN is back as of lucky Friday, Feb. 13, not far from its former longtime lower Queen Anne location (which was requisitioned for a new Korean embassy). Former P-I columnist Mike Lewis, his Streamline co-owner Mary McIntyre and four friends went the literal extra half-mile to keep some of the old dive’s classic charm, carrying part…

…pretty much exactly who you’d expect, though with a bit of a wild card Pacific Northwest contender for Rising Star Chef of the Year: Jay Blackinton of Hogstone’s Wood Oven on Orcas Island. Hogstone’s Wood Oven makes pizza and more, using almost exclusively Orcas ingredients. “If our hands hadn’t coaxed it from the soil or stolen it from…

CRAB PRICES in the Seattle area went up as much as 60 percent recently. Why is this happening right when local crab is at its greatest? WHY?! Tom Stocks at Taylor Shellfish says it’s love’s fault — well, love and some other things: “It’s a confluence of factors. Rough winter weather means less crab, and Chinese…

LOCAL FOOD NEWS EDOUARDO JORDAN, chef de cuisine at Pioneer Square’s acclaimed Bar Sajor, is opening his own restaurant in Ravenna this summer. Originally from Florida, Jordan started out in the restaurant world as a server at a Bennigan’s. He went to culinary school at Le Cordon Bleu in Tampa, then got an apprenticeship at the French Laundry…

SUPER BOWL/SEAHAWKS/YESSSSSS!!!!! 12 SEAHAWKS TRIBUTES IN FOOD: With PCC Natural Markets FTW for “HAWKS” spelled out in green onions. MORE>>> SEAHAWKS’ FAVORITE RESTAURANTS: Marshawn Lynch’s favorite is HoHo in the I.D. (and his hero is his mom… awwwww!). MORE>>> And Russell Wilson’s been seen at Smith, while Pete Carroll’s been spotted at Volterra, at least according to…

So you’re not up for cooking for your Super Bowl party: That’s okay. Cooking’s not for everyone. Don’t let anyone shame you! You have tons of other-people-who-know-exactly-what-they’re-doing-make-it-for-you options, including: • The Fully Inflated 2-Foot-Long Grinder and more from John Sundstrom’s very tasty new Slab Sandwiches + Pie • Great-sounding Filipino food from the pop-up Food and Sh*t • Reportedly…

Villa Escondida, the excellent Mexican diner featured in our recent top-10 new places for cheap eats, closed down suddenly this past weekend to fans’ distress. But owner Jose Perez is looking at new locations today, including one that would keep his family-run spot on Capitol Hill. Perez says he had to close Villa Escondida down…

NEWLY OPEN Is it possible that only one new restaurant has opened in Seattle in the last week? It appears so: Thai Thani Kitchen is it. “Thani” is pronounced “tah-NEE,” and manager Fon Pongpaitoon explains it means “town” in Thai. Located in the Denny Triangle/South Lake Union, it’s a sibling to Thai Thani in…

Cate Hardy starts Friday as the new chief executive officer of the local PCC Natural Markets chain. She’ll be the first female CEO of the organic-foods co-op. Hardy comes from nine years at Starbucks, where most recently she was vice president of operations. She calls PCC “an incredible, beloved Seattle institution.” Hardy’s also on the board of the local nonprofit…

GASTROPOD EXPANSION NEWS Gastropod’s Travis Kukull is planning a second restaurant called Mollusk. Gastropod is the tiny, excellent gastropub counterpart to Sodo’s Epic Ales; Mollusk will be in South Lake Union, on Dexter at Valley. Kukull’s menu at Mollusk will center on southeast Asian and Indian curries, and the space will seat 100 people and include a seven-barrel brew…

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